Mind Maps™, are an effective method of note-taking and note-making.

Adrian Bruce's site http://www.adrianbruce.com/computers/mindmap/mindmap.htm has information relating to mindmapping.

Inspiration is a good mind-mapping program or download free mind-mapping software from C-map http://cmap.ihmc.us/download/free_client.php

Note-taking info. http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson322.shtml

This site has ideas for note-making http://www.englishcompanion.com/Tools/notemaking.html